X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <01499D518A9B6F4493FC5A2D32F7A4FC51B52C97B2@MB-EXBX01.north.pf.com> References: <01499D518A9B6F4493FC5A2D32F7A4FC51B519F1C9 AT MB-EXBX01 DOT north DOT pf DOT com> <01499D518A9B6F4493FC5A2D32F7A4FC51B52C97B2 AT MB-EXBX01 DOT north DOT pf DOT com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:09:35 +0100 Message-ID: <1ef5a52f1003110109m2b175fa2m675293fde0d541d2@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: redirect-append (>>) creates garbage-y file From: Csaba Raduly To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 2010/3/9 William Lebow > I've diagnosed this problem further. It is an interaction between cygwin = and a security package called "Credant Guardian Shield" that my company ins= talls on all of its laptops. I can't say specifically that it is a cygwin b= ug, but this bad behavior is not present in earlier versions. > New entry to the BLODA ? Thomas Wolff wrote: > It would be interesting to check whether it only occurs if you append to = a file from the command line or also if an application opens a file in appe= nd mode, William, try this: echo foo | tail -a test3.txt --=20 Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple